| Ensuring that you include tea in the list of beverages | | | | attack. |
| that you consume each day may help strengthen your | | | | And even as the focus of the review was on black |
| protection against heart attacks, strokes and other | | | | tea, other tea types like green tea, oolong tea and |
| ailments. | | | | white tea also come from the same camellia sinensis |
| According to a review of studies by the British Nutrition | | | | plant. These other tea types are differentiated from |
| Foundation, drinking about four cups of tea a day may | | | | black tea by the oxidation processes they undergo. |
| help cut the risk of a heart attack or stroke. | | | | But they also contain the same health properties as |
| This finding is worth bearing in mind, especially with the | | | | black tea, albeit in varying degrees. |
| advent of the festive holiday season, where the | | | | And so, as many other studies have likewise shown, |
| consumption of high fat meals, cold weather, stress, | | | | drinking these other tea varieties in addition to black |
| depression, and more sedentary lifestyles have been | | | | tea, may impart the same health benefits to the |
| known to increase the incidence of heart attacks, | | | | drinker. |
| strokes and other serious ailments during the winter | | | | However, in order to ensure constant protection |
| months. | | | | against diseases and other health disorders, it is |
| Carrie Ruxton, a dietitian and member of the | | | | recommended that tea drinking be made into a more |
| independent Tea Advisory Panel, reviewed existing | | | | regular habit, and not just do it over the holidays. |
| scientific literature on black tea, the type of tea most | | | | Drinking tea should best be combined with a more |
| drunk in Britain. Clinical studies reveal that natural plant | | | | balanced diet, regular exercise, and avoidance of |
| antioxidants, called polyphenols, found in the camellia | | | | smoking and excessive alcohol, to achieve the optimal |
| sinensis plant used to make tea have beneficial | | | | results. |
| effects on many biochemical processes in the body. | | | | Lastly, drinking tea is best used as a preventive |
| The advantageous properties of these polyphenols | | | | measure against cardiovascular diseases and other |
| include reducing the risk of a heart attack, stroke and | | | | ailments. Regular visits and consultation with medical |
| other health ailments. She said that the clearest | | | | practitioners are recommended for people who exhibit |
| consistent evidence points to an association between | | | | symptoms of the cardiovascular diseases, and who |
| tea consumption, in excess of three cups per day, and | | | | are pre-disposed to the said diseases. |
| a reduced risk of myocardial infarction or a heart | | | | |